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Scorpion's Sting - by James Oakes (Paperback)

Scorpion's Sting - by  James Oakes (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A <em>Washington Post</em> Notable Work of Nonfiction<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The image of a scorpion surrounded by a ring of fire, stinging itself to death, was widespread among antislavery leaders before the Civil War. It captures their long-standing strategy for peaceful abolition: they would surround the slave states with a cordon of freedom, constricting slavery and inducing the social crisis in which the peculiar institution would die. The image opens a fresh perspective on antislavery and the coming of the Civil War, brilliantly explored here by one of our greatest historians of the period.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A brilliant book that will force even the most veteran student of antebellum America to rethink previously held assumptions about emancipation.--Erik J. Chaput "Providence Journal"<br><br>Beautifully argued and succeeds in telling us new things about a heavily explored topic.--Mark M. Smith "Wall Street Journal"<br><br>In <em>The Scorpion's Sting</em>, Oakes surveys the legal doctrines that enabled President Abraham Lincoln to envision and then enact the Emancipation Proclamation...[It] will lead readers to reflect on the degree to which international law might hold significant implications for the American system of government.--Walter Russell Mead "Foreign Affairs"<br><br>Offers the best explication of the long history by which Americans embraced the legitimacy of military emancipation, and it offers great insight into the debate over which took precedence: the natural right to property or the natural right to freedom.--Ira Berlin "Washington Post"<br><br>Incisive, imaginative, surprising, completely original--everything that one would expect from the most eminent historian of emancipation.--Eric J. Sundquist<br><br>If any reader still questions whether the Civil War was about slavery, this book overcomes all doubts.--James McPherson<br><br>In clear prose and with searing insight, James Oakes recovers the moral urgency and strategic vision behind the Republican drive to undermine the slave system. A work of great depth and empathy.--Alan Taylor<br><br>In four swift, clear strokes, James Oakes has rewritten the history of emancipation in the United States.--Allen C. Guelzo<br>

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